Water-shoe.



A. P. HORN.

WATER SHOE.

APPLICATIOHTILED MAR.9191 6.

1,191,788. Patented J111y18,1916..

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WATER-SHQE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR P. HORN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Thomas, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented cer-' tain new and useful Improvements in Water- Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled-in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same reference being had drawings, and to the thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water shoes and it has for :its object to provide a device of this characa' water shoe,

easy carrying of the same on land.=

A further object of the invention is to provide water shoes of this form which may be inflated and used .as a pneumatic mattress for sleeping purposes when occaslon may require, and further to provide watershoes which, when inflated and secured to the feet of a wearer, will enable him to travel upon the surface of a body of water with ease and safety.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure l is a top plan view of water shoe constructed tion. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a view showing the shoe in folded position, and Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a water 11 accordance with my inven- Specification of Ietters Patent. Patented July 18, 1916. Application filed March 9, 1916. Serial No. 83,157.

: shoe comprising a frame having three folding frame members A, A and A, suitably hinged together as at A and A. The middle frame section A has a shoe upper A secured thereto and is adapted to receive and be secured to the foot of a wearer. Secured to the under side of said frame, as by cord or the like is a sack or inclosure B of flexible folding material. Said sack is adapted to contain a pneumatic pouch B which, when inflated, will'sup'port the wearer upon a body of water.

The rear end A and the front corners of the front member A are provided with clips or sockets A and A, and between the downwardly extending portions of the clip A is pivotally mounted a feathering blade C which will swing up against the bottom of the sack when the shoe is pushed forward and will project downward and serve asan abutment or anchorage while the other shoe of the wearer is being pushed forward.

- By inserting rifle barrels or sultable sticks,

corners of the rear member not shown, within the clips, the shoe may be used as a table should the occasion require, Suitable cords may be attached to the inner clips of each shoe to prevent the feet from becoming separated too far. r

What I claim to be new is A water shoe comprising a frame made up of sections adapted to fold one upon an other, a'shoe upper secured to the intermediate of the frame sections, a sack secured to the sections of the frame and a pneumatic pouch secured to the sack, and clips secured to the outer end of one of said sections, and a feathering blade pivotally mounted between the insides of said clips.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR PAUL HORN.

Witnesses E. J UST, A. KuEcHLER. 

